It has long been argued that equality of opportunity brings business benefits and that it is in employers' interest to implement policy to promote equality of opportunity. We present new evidence on this issue from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2004. There do not appear to be large...

It has long been argued that equality of opportunity brings business benefits and that it is in employers’ interest to implement policy to promote equality of opportunity. Our analysis of the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2004 found neither large and widespread business benefits, nor...

NIESR's Annual Report for the year 2000. Contents include: Chairman's preface Director's report Research in 2000 Publicising institute research Supporters of the institute Financial Summary People at the institute

The recession of the early 1990s saw London shift from being one of the best performing regions in terms of unemployment to one of the worst. This paper takes employing units (workplaces) as the primary unit of labour demand and uses evidence from them to test potential explanations for London's...

Also published as Research Report 177, London, DfEE. To view, click here .

A comment on 'How to close the gender pay gap in Europe' by Jill Rubery, Damien Grimshaw and Hugo Figueiredo, which appears in the same issue of the journal.

In spite of legislation aimed at securing equal pay and equal employment opportunities for men and women, the gender pay gap has persisted into the twenty-first century. This study sought to clarify the causes of the gender pay gap and to assess their relative importance, so that the driving...

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